Development of the Digital Matchmaking Platform for international cooperation in the biogas sector
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2021
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The demand for sustainable, renewable and clean energy sources has been increasing
in the past decade in order to combat global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Biogas
has proven to be a versatile energy carrier which can be used for heating purposes, power and
fuel. Having acknowledged the high potential for the use of biogas energy and having researched
the demand and supply markets, the Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) project aims
to link European biogas and biomethane technology providers with emerging and developing
markets. To achieve this goal the development and application of innovative digital support tools
is necessary - a digital matchmaking platform (DMP) with bi-directional partnership architecture.
DMP can be used as means to build trust-based business relationships, share information on
available European technologies and serve as an additional marketing option for EU and non-EU
companies and industries. This article presents the developed platform prototype and
demonstrates its basic functionality and the development process. Basic business and functional
requirements were defined and then refined into functional, user-interface and performance
requirements for implementation. User requirements were defined using user centred design
approach in collaboration with potential platform end-users, considering their specific needs.
During the development process Agile methodology was used. In the future digital platform
functionality will be extended based on discussions and feedback of the stakeholders and
end-users during local workshops and other events, where the DiBiCoo platform will be
presented.
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Received: January 12th, 2021 ; Accepted: March 27th, 2021 ; Published: March 31st 2021 ; Correspondence: aleksejs.zacepins@llu.lv
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